Messinet Secure Services is an ever-changing virtual classroom in which I learn about the GNU/Linux platform and all the services it can deliver. These services are the technological incarnation of an idea centered around keeping my family in touch with each other and technology.

We’ve completed our upgrades from Fedora 23 to Fedora 24 throughout
Messinet Secure Services. In general, Fedora 24 has brought us a number of systemd
improvements, though there are several SELinux issues when using systemd’s
native tools such as systemd-networkd, systemd-resolved, systemd-timesyncd,
etc. Many issues: 1317927, 1341829, 1351378, 1355593 generate

Comcast’s Business Class internet service static IPv6 trial ended as of
yesterday. Comcast anticipates the nationwide launch of static IPv6 to begin in
early July 2016.

With the unfortunate gap in reliable IPv6 business class service from Comcast,
Messinet Secure Services is preparing alternate IPv6 service arrangements. There will
likely be intermittent service and network interruptions along the way as DNS
and routing changes propagate throughout the internet.

I have a new job that takes up much more of my time and as Messinet Secure Services
has moved to Fedora 23, I’ve had to drop packaging support for Enterprise
Linux. I don’t operate Enterprise Linux systems here so as the packaging
differences between Fedora and Enterprise Linux became more complex, it became
harder for me to produce and properly test packages.

So I’m sorry to say that I’m no longer building Enterprise Linux packages.
Perhaps someone with more time can take up the task. The spec files, patches
and tools are always available in the now renamed
Fedora Linux RPM Repository.

In order to work toward the Fedora 22 release, I have had to drop support
for Fedora 20 and Enterprise Linux 6 RPMs. After Messinet Secure Services completes the
migration to Fedora 22, support for Fedora 21 will also be dropped.

I have started building Kamailio RPMs for Fedora 20 & 21 and Enterprise
Linux 7. Currently, the RPMs are based on the 4.1.4 release, with updates
applied to keep it in line with upstream’s
development branch.

You can browse the spec file and patches here.
Feel free to contact me if you see any issues with the packaging.

Right now, the RPMs are available in the mss-testing channel of the
Fedora & Enterprise Linux RPM Repository, though I plan
to move them out of mss-testing and into the default mss channel in the
future.

I have also begun integrating Kamailio with Asterisk at Messinet Secure
Services to enhance the capabilities of the communications services we provide.
I’d love to hear from you if you have any pointers!